Vargas was the second highest vote-getter with 56.1 percent of ballots cast among nine candidates for four Executive Board member positions. He was carried in the tickets of both presidential aspirants Boris van der Vorst of the Netherlands and Elise Siegnolle of USA.
In submitting himself as the lone Asian candidate, Vargas said he stood by the principles of integrity, transparency, fair play and proper governance.
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